Centre for Ecology and Evolution

Centre for Ecology and Evolution

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Fritillaria koidzumiana. Species of Fritillaria, which have genomes exceeding 30 Gb, are the focus of a collaborative project between the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and Queen Mary, University of London, aimed at understanding processes governing genome size diversity and evolution. Credit: Laura Kelly

Elephants drinking at a watering hole. Credit: Adrian Lister

Asterias rubens on a bed of mussels. This species is being used as a model system to investigate the Evolution and Physiology of Neuropeptide Signalling Systems. Credit: Maurice Elphick

Solenopsis invicta fire ant queen (large), two workers (smaller), one pupa (whiteish) on a subset of the DNA sequence of their social chromosome. Credit: Romain Libbrecht and Yannick Wurm

Howea forsteriana and H. belmoreana on Lord Howe Island. Sympatric speciation in these species has been the focus of collaborative research between Imperial College London and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Photo: W. Baker/RBG Kew

Short-tailed fruit bat (Carollia perspicillata). Bats make up a fifth of all mammals and are responsible for essential ecosystem services like pollination, seed dispersal and insect regulation. Copyright Brock Fenton

The CEE links scientists across London to foster collaboration between researchers working in evolution and ecology. We run a seminar series hosted at University College London, a Darwin's Birthday Party Debate and two annual symposia on specific topics in evolution and ecology each year.